setupDataset {rtip}

Setup datasets loaded from the living conditions survey

Description

Extracts and transforms variables taken directly from the EU-SILC survey.

Usage

setupDataset(dataset, country = "ES", region = NULL, s = NULL,
  deflator = NULL, pppr = NULL)

Arguments

dataset

a data.frame containing variables in the EU-SILC microdata format.

country

a character string specifying the country whose data will be considered.

region

a character/vector string specifying the region(s) of the country whose data will be considered. The default (NULL) considers all regions in the country.

s

a numeric value between 0 and 1 specifying the equivalence scale to be used to obtain the equivalised disposable income. The default (NULL) considers the standard modified OECD scale.

deflator

numeric; a number to be used as a deflator. The default (NULL) will not apply any deflation.

pppr

the purchasing power parity rate (PPPR) will be used. Default is NULL.

Details

We obtain the equivalised disposable income with the equivalence scale of Buhmann et al. (1988) by assigning a numeric value between 0 and 1 to argument s. The parameter s is called elasticity of equivalence.

The purchasing power parity exchange rate is useful for making comparisons between countries.

Value

A data.frame with the following variables:

• DB010 a numeric vector containing the year of the survey.

• DB020 a factor with one level which is the country considered.

• DB040 a factor with as many levels as there are regions in the country.

• DB090 a numeric vector containing information about household cross-sectional weight.

• HX040 an integer vector containing information about households size.

• HX050 a numeric vector containing information about the equivalised household size. The scale employed is the modified OECD scale.

• HX090 a numeric vector containing information about equivalised disposable income (with the modified OECD scale).

• ipuc a numeric vector containing the income per unit of consumption. This variable takes into account the value assigned to s and pppr (if they are not NULL).

Author(s)

A. Berihuete, C.D. Ramos and M.A. Sordo

References

B. Buhmann et al. (1988) Equivalence scales, well-being, inequality and poverty: sensitivity estimates across ten countries using the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) database, Review of Income and Wealth, 34, 115–142.

See Also

loadEUSILC, loadLCS

Examples

data(eusilc2)
ATdataset <- setupDataset(eusilc2, country = "AT")
str(ATdataset)